John Faulkner

Democratic Party

Mississippi House of Representatives District 5

Tenure

2014 - Present

Term ends

2028

Years in position

12

Compensation

Base salary

$23,500/year

Per diem

House members receive no per diem during session, but are eligible for $40 per day outside of session.

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 7, 2023

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John Faulkner (Democratic Party) is a member of theMississippi House of Representatives, representingDistrict 5. He assumed office on January 7, 2014. His current term ends on January 4, 2028.

Faulkner (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to theMississippi House of Representatives to representDistrict 5. He won in the general election onNovember 7, 2023.

He was first elected to the chamber in a special election onNovember 26, 2013.

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Faulkner was assigned to the following committees:

• Military Affairs Committee
• House Municipalities Committee
• Technology Committee,Vice Chairman
• Transportation Committee
• House Universities and Colleges Committee
• House Constitution Committee
• Appropriations A Committee
• Appropriations D Committee
• House Corrections Committee
• House Technology Committee,Vice-Chairman

2023-2024

Faulkner was assigned to the following committees:

• House Corrections Committee
• House Enrolled Bills Committee,Vice Chair
• Military Affairs Committee
• House Municipalities Committee
• Transportation Committee

2021-2022

Faulkner was assigned to the following committees:

• Transportation Committee
• House Universities and Colleges Committee

2020-2021

Faulkner was assigned to the following committees:

• Military Affairs Committee
• House Municipalities Committee
• House Corrections Committee
• House Enrolled Bills Committee,Vice-Chairman

2019-2020

Faulkner was assigned to the following committees:

• Military Affairs Committee
• Transportation Committee
• House Universities and Colleges Committee
• Youth and Family Affairs Committee

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Faulkner served on the following committees:

Sponsored legislation

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Elections

2023

See also: Mississippi House of Representatives elections, 2023

General election

General election for Mississippi House of Representatives District 5

IncumbentJohn Faulkner won election in the general election for Mississippi House of Representatives District 5 on November 7, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Faulkner (D)	100.0	4,886

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Mississippi House of Representatives District 5

IncumbentJohn Faulkner advanced from the Democratic primary for Mississippi House of Representatives District 5 on August 8, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Faulkner	100.0	3,458

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Endorsements

2019

See also: Mississippi House of Representatives elections, 2019

General election

General election for Mississippi House of Representatives District 5

IncumbentJohn Faulkner won election in the general election for Mississippi House of Representatives District 5 on November 5, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Faulkner (D)	100.0	4,918

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Mississippi House of Representatives District 5

IncumbentJohn Faulkner defeatedJacqueline Simon andCarl Robinson in the Democratic primary for Mississippi House of Representatives District 5 on August 6, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Faulkner	56.4	540
	Submit photo	Jacqueline Simon	31.5	302
		Carl Robinson	12.1	116

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 958
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2015

See also:Mississippi House of Representatives elections, 2015

Elections for theMississippi House of Representatives took place in 2015. A primary election was held on August 4, 2015. The general election took place onNovember 3, 2015. Thesignature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 27, 2015.^[1] IncumbentJohn Faulkner defeatedJacqueline Simon in the Democratic primary. No Republican candidates filed for election. Faulkner ran unchallenged in the District 5 general election.

Mississippi House of Representatives, District 5 Democratic Primary, 2015
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
John FaulknerIncumbent	75%	3,982
Jacqueline Simon	25%	1,330
Total Votes		5,312

2013

See also:Mississippi state legislative special elections, 2013

Faulkner won election in the special election forMississippi House of Representatives District 5. The seat was vacant followingKelvin Buck's (D) election as Mayor of Holly Springs. Faulkner facedAndre R. DeBerry,Arthur "Clyde" Ellzey,Daylon Cannon,Lee Edward Gill,Jacqueline Simon andRobert Earl Young in the special election, which took place on November 5, 2013. As no candidate received more than fifty percent of the votes, the top two vote-getters - Faulkner and DeBerry - met in a runoff on November 26, which Faulkner won.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Mississippi House of Representatives, District 5, Runoff Election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Independent	John Faulkner	54%	1,015
	Independent	Andre R. DeBerry	46%	863
Total Votes				1,878

Mississippi House of Representatives, District 5, Special Election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Independent	Andre R. DeBerry	38.2%	960
	Independent	John Faulkner	23.4%	588
	Independent	Daylon Cannon	12.9%	325
	Independent	Robert Earl Young	12.8%	321
	Independent	Lee Edward Gill	5.1%	127
	Independent	Arthur "Clyde" Ellzey	4.3%	109
	Independent	Jacqueline Simon	3.3%	83
Total Votes				2,513

Campaign themes

2023

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2019

John Faulkner did not completeBallotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Noteworthy events

Tested positive for coronavirus on July 9, 2020

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On July 9, 2020, Faulkner announced that he tested positive for coronavirus.^[8]

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